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Title: Electromagnetic effects on toroidal momentum transport

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511441· OSTI ID:21532078
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  1. Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, EURATOM/VR Association, SE-41296 Goeteborg (Sweden)

A parametric study of electromagnetic effects on toroidal momentum transport has been performed. The work is based on a new version of the Weiland model where symmetry breaking toroidicity effects derived from the stress tensor have been taken into account. The model includes a self-consistent calculation of the toroidal momentum diffusivity, which contains both diagonal and off-diagonal contributions to the momentum flux. It is found that electromagnetic effects considerably increase the toroidal momentum pinch. They are sometimes strong enough to make the total toroidal momentum flux inward.

OSTI ID:
21532078
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3511441; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English